Value: Love Lesson 3.7 Topic: FRIENDSHIP

1 SSEHV: Lesson Plans for Age 12 Years - Lesson : love Lesson : FRIENDSHIPO bjective: To realise that being a friend calls for unselfishness and honesty so thattrust : willingness to develop a positive approach to : developing a mature sense of self-worth and respective claims of - FRIENDSHIP , protected Links: Art, Citizenship, Drama, English, Geography, Maths, Music, PSHE,RE, ScienceKey words: lengths, moat, panic, show-offMaterials needed: The Manual or copy of Lesson plan Page 36 of the Introduction Manual CD/Tape player CD/Tape with music for silent sitting CD/Tape with music for the song Pages of drama for 6 pupils Writing materials (For extension work) Art paper and coloured crayons or paints (For extension work)QUOTATION/THEME FOR THE WEEKWhat do you think this means?

2 How can you be a real friend?Could it ever be an act of FRIENDSHIP to be honest when your words or actions mayget your friend into trouble?Do we have responsibilities towards friends? Give ONLY WAY TOHAVE A FRIENDIS TO BE ONER alph WaldoEmersonSSEHV: Lesson Plans for Age 12 Years - Lesson SITTINGStep 1 (See page 36 of the Introduction Manual)Steps 2, 4 (Optional)Step 5: Be aware of yourself in the your awareness expand to fill the room, .. the building .. the townNow imagine your world expanding to cover all the earth ..Everyone is your brother or sister.

3 Everyone needs to be cared about ..Think, I need to be cared about ..Pour out good feelings to your family .. your friends ..your neighbours .. everyone in the country ..Now out to the whole world ..Out even further .. out into the universe ..So that a feeling of love is all around ..Know that if we are caring in our lives,The world will be a better place for all to live GETS IT RIGHTby Cynthia BachThe scene is set at a public indoor swimming pool on a Saturday :NarratorHenryRajivThomasThomas motherPool AttendantHenry: It s the fourth time we ve been swimming together, Rajiv.

4 I m so glad youstarted at our school. Look, I ve swum almost a width using the breast-stroke. Ithink I ll try to master the : (laughing) You re doing really well, Henry. It s hard trying to get the hang ofbreathing to one : (out of breath) I m really puffed. And I m sorry if I keep splashing so you think I ll ever manage this? I d like to be able to swim really fast, like : Of course you will, in time. I ve been swimming for years. Dad taught : I think my Dad used to swim years ago, but he says he hasn t time : Lesson Plans for Age 12 Years - Lesson : That s a pity.

5 It s very good exercise. Anyway, come on. Give it another go. I llbe right beside : The boys set off across the width of the pool, Rajiv swimming easily andHenry pleased as he began to get the hang of it. But he was soon puffed out, so hestopped and stood up in the water. Something caught his eye on the side of : What a surprise. That boy in the wheelchair is from the class below me inschool. I heard that the poor boy was in a car accident a few weeks ago . Looks likehe got quite hurt.(Thomas s mother and the pool attendant helps Thomas out of the wheelchair andgently down into the water).

6 Henry: Thomas seems nervous the way he s moving about in the : I m going to do some lengths for a bit, Henry. Stay in your depth.(Rajiv disappears under the water, reappearing again some way up the lane. Thenhe returns to help Henry).Henry:Look, there s Thomas, Rajiv. Why is he coming to the pool? He can t swimyet, can he?Rajiv: Oh, I expect the doctor has suggested he tries exercising in the water. It willsupport him and strengthen his muscles. But he s only got his mother with himtoday. Usually his older brother comes as well.

7 I hope they can : One day .. (Henry looks after Rajiv admiringly). Rajiv has been such a goodfriend since he rescued me from a ducking in the moat on our school trip. Theteachers are pleased too because they say I ve become much quieter and I m notsuch a show-off since our FRIENDSHIP . Rajiv s quiet strength and self-assurance doesgive me more confidence in myself. And I want to be really good at something. Justimagine! I might even be in the Olympics ..Thomas: (screams)Henry: (Turns round to see Thomas slip from his mother s arms and disappear belowthe water).

8 The pool attendant is right over the other side of the pool telling two boysoff for larking about and annoying people. I d better help Thomas : Henry launches himself into the crawl towards the struggling boy. Heremembered the time when he fell in the moat and the fear he experienced. Hemust get Thomas out quickly. Quickly! Now he is at Thomas s side and lifting himup out of the water. The pool attendant arrives and together they carry the dripping,shivering boy to a chair where his mother wraps a big towel around : Lesson Plans for Age 12 Years - Lesson s mother: I m so sorry.

9 I m afraid I panicked without my son. I didn t want tobring Thomas today, but he does love it so. (Her voice tails off as the tears well up inher eyes).Pool Attendant: Don t hasn t swallowed any water thanks to Henry squick action. Henry, you should go in for life-saving!Henry: (smiling) Do you think so? But I can t even swim a width : You swam further than a width just now. I saw where you were just beforeI fell in. Thanks for helping me. (Thomas smiles warmly at him).Pool Attendant: (turning to Thomas s mother) Please bring someone else to help youin : My brother is back at college again next week, so I won t be able to : How about if I help you?

10 I can manage in the shallow end. I come here everyweek at this time with my friend : (Looking happier) Cool! That s really kind. But what about your ownswimming?Henry: (Smiling) There will still be plenty of time for me to swim when you comeout, : (Climbing out of the pool) And I ll help too. Well done, Henry. You really didswim well. Come on, Henry. We must go : Goodbye, Thomas. And don t worry. (Turning to Thomas s mother). There sno point Thomas missing the chance of coming to the pool when we are here anywayand can help. Goodbye. We must go and get dried and : How does it feel to be a hero?